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Hi there :) Just saw the anon's ask and wanted to offer a few recs/books I know of in this sphere and unless I say otherwise I've read them, and if I haven't I know them still to be relevant/important. Also should say all of these texts (with Sontag perhaps being an exception) do not have anti-porn leanings or agendas. Criticisms of the industry and content, yes, but I'm not the source to ask about the kind of polemical text which wholly argues to abolish porn as know it.

The Sadean Woman by Angela Carter (1978) (have not read, but have heard it's a crucial text) The essay "The Pornographic Imagination" by Susan Sontag (p. dated, and I think published in the 60s and I haven't read it, but valuable in the context of analysis of pornography specifically in literature and text) Hardcore: Power, Pleasure, and "The Frenzy of the Visible" by Linda Williams (1989) Hard to Swallow: Hardcore Pornography on Screen edited by Claire Hines (2012) At Home With Pornography: Women, Sex, and Everyday Life by Jane Juffer (1998) (haven't read, but seen it cited in books above which I have)

Hope any of this helps. :)

Thank you! 🖤

I've been meaning to read The Sadean Woman. All of these look really interesting.

Hopefully anon will see them here!

Edit: this is in response to this post.

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reading your tags, i'm curious. do you have any recs for academic porn writing/analysis?

As it so happens, I do!

Not a great deal, mind you. It's a topic I've been meaning to delve into more, and I'm sure @jstor is the place to start in that regard.

I can, however, recommend the book Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton, which I read earlier this year. This book contains nineteen interviews between the author and various friends and acquaintances from different backgrounds, where they talk about pornography in a very organic way. It's an excellent and judgement-free introduction to breaking down taboos around discussing pornography, and it touches upon lots of interesting and important topics - feminism, agency, kink, mental wellness, social ritual and the pressure to conform.

I wouldn't call it an academic text per se, in that it's written to be generally accessible and - being a series of interviews - it doesn't make extensive reference to other resources. However, it's a great jumping-off point, and if I remember correctly, there is a list of recommended further reading in the back.

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